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The American Robin is one of the most common birds in North America. You’ve probably seen one in your backyard or been woken ...

More than 500 influential directors, actors and other notable names in Hollywood and around the world voted on the best films ...

A familiar rattlesnake slithered into a biologist’s campsite near a ghost town in Arizona. Turns out, the biologist moved the ...

To witness dazzling displays of migrating hummers on the move, the western United States is the place to be during the warmer ...

A new push for more oil and gas drilling, mining, and logging threatens irreparable damage to irreplaceable habitats.